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• SUMIT KUMAR
Qualities of Effective Leaders

Successful leaders demonstrate the following five leadership qualities in

their personal and professional lives, inspiring others to take action and set
a course for future success. Strong leaders also practice key behaviors on a
regular basis in order to strengthen the positive impact of these qualities.
They are self-aware and prioritize personal development.

• Effective leaders focus on developing their emotional intelligence, Goode says.

Leaders that work to refine this quality are more adaptive, resilient, and accepting of
feedback from others. They are also effective listeners and open to change.
• How You Can Improve:
• The following behaviors will help you focus on your self-awareness and personal
development to develop this important leadership quality.
• Set goals, prioritize goals, and take responsibility for accomplishing them. Also, take
responsibility for falling short of your stated goals or making mistakes along the way.
• Successful leaders focus on the big picture, avoid distractions, and don’t get bogged
down by small, tactical details. Practice these behaviors to promote effective
management of your time and attention.
• Set boundaries between your personal and professional lives. Remember
that your organization will follow your lead—if they see you working long
into the night, they will assume that they have to do the same.
• Retain awareness of your strengths, weaknesses, and any potential sources
of bias that may impact your thinking and decision-making. Conduct self-
assessments and seek feedback from your team, and set improvement
goals with measurable targets in areas where you have room to grow.
• Accept that things can and will go wrong. This anticipation will help you
respond in a thoughtful way that does not make a difficult situation even
worse.
 They focus on developing others.

This leadership quality builds on the principles of the situational leadership theory,
which suggests that effective leaders adapt to whether an individual or group is ready,
willing, and able to take specific action. Delegating, coaching, and mentoring are
important tasks for situational leadership, Goode says.

• How You Can Improve:

• These behaviors will help you demonstrate leadership ability by developing others
within an organization.
• Recruit and develop a team with diverse skills and backgrounds, and give the team
members both the tools and the space to build trust among each other.
• As a coach, show empathy as well as strength.
Effective leaders know how to be assertive and kind at the same time.
They encourage strategic thinking, innovation, and action.

• “As a leader, you have to look forward. You have to think about where
the organization is going,” Goode says.
• Leaders must consider internal organizational factors, such as product
roadmaps and staffing needs, as well as external factors, including
government regulations and technology advancement, when making
strategic business decisions.

• How You Can Improve:

• Emphasizing the following behaviors will help develop leadership
qualities related to strategic thinking, innovation, and action.
• Maintain a flexible mindset and be willing to try new ideas. This is
especially true for leaders at startups, where company goals are
frequently changing and rigid plans may be hard to follow.
• Take a genuine interest in your company and the business it operates
in. Your team will feed off of your enthusiasm for what you do—or
else take the wrong cues from your apathy.
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